This is the front of my home in Orlando. Yes, I am indeed a Democrat, if that hasn’t become obvious already. I’m showing this right now in part because I’m amazed the signs are still there. In the past in this neighborhood whenever I put up any signs for any Democratic candidates, those signs were either stolen in short order or else vandalized and left in place. This year, up to this point in time, those signs have been up all of October.

Does this mean I believe Biden will win Florida? I have no idea. I tried believing in the prognosticators back in 2016, and we all know how that worked out. This time around I’ve donated time and money to get out the vote, in spite of the pandemic. I’m hopeful, but I’m not taking anything for granted. And neither, it would seem, is anybody else. A number of states have set records for early voting. For example, in Florida, at least 9 million have voted early so far, surpassing the 6+ million that voted early in 2016. But for shear chutzpa, Texas has surpassed Florida with nearly 10 million early voters, 108 percent of the total vote count in 2016. Watching what happens in Texas is going to be interesting…

I’m frozen in the moment, waiting for today to pass, then for tomorrow to come and all voters get a chance to cast their votes, followed by waiting for the results. Nothing else matters at the moment. I have no idea who will win this election year; trying to predict an outcome is a fool’s game we lost horribly in 2016. All I can say is I hope for the best, but I fear for the worst.

Vote! Vote! Vote!